All Pines Provide Health Benefits

Pinus densiflora and P. sylvestris get a lot of attention by researchers, while numerous pines, most famously the Ponderosa pine, are rumored to cause abortion, which may not be true. We don't know either way, because no one bothers to find out. And how about the humble, rugged pines this side of the Atlantic, in our own backyards? They are mostly ignored.

P. strobus has been researched for ascorbic acid, true. Yet P. virginiana, P. echinata, P. rigida, P. pungens, and other Appalachian pines are not studied. Pines in the high hills of the Carpathians have been studied (Radulescu et al.) So have the Asian pines. And I am very glad that they were. But it is time for our American pines to be as well.